To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency of UK consular assistance in Suriname.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency of UK consular assistance in Suriname.

I welcome the news from Suriname. It is a slow process, but progress is being made. As I have said many times in the House, Saudi Arabia is an important ally of the UK. Our relationship is vital to our domestic national security and gives us access to senior levels of the Saudi Arabian leadership. That enables us to make our views known on these issues—and we do.

I welcome the news from Suriname. It is a slow process, but progress is being made. As I have said many times in the House, Saudi Arabia is an important ally of the UK. Our relationship is vital to our domestic national security and gives us access to senior levels of the Saudi Arabian leadership. That enables us to make our views known on these issues—and we do.

I was pleased to represent the all-party group on the worldwide abolition of the death penalty to Suriname. Will the ministerial team welcome the fact that Suriname has become the latest country in the world to abolish the death penalty, but does that not contrast with the fact that Saudi Arabia has just advertised for eight executioners? What will the Government do to lobby this supposed ally of the UK?

I was pleased to represent the all-party group on the worldwide abolition of the death penalty to Suriname. Will the ministerial team welcome the fact that Suriname has become the latest country in the world to abolish the death penalty, but does that not contrast with the fact that Saudi Arabia has just advertised for eight executioners? What will the Government do to lobby this supposed ally of the UK?

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Jones on 25 January (WA 159–60), how many certificates of sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom were issued last year to nationals from (a) Bolivia, (b) Colombia, (c) Cuba, (d) Dominican Republic, (e) Ecuador, (f) Guyana, (g)...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Jones on 25 January (WA 159–60), how many certificates of sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom were issued last year to nationals from (a) Bolivia, (b) Colombia, (c) Cuba, (d) Dominican Republic, (e) Ecuador, (f) Guyana, (g)...

Table showing the number of 'Assigned' Certificates of Sponsorship (COS) for the period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010 for specified nationalities: Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru, Surinam, and Venezuela. 5 p.

Table showing the number of 'Assigned' Certificates of Sponsorship (COS) for the period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010 for specified nationalities: Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru, Surinam, and Venezuela. 5 p.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made, including funding, aid, financial assistance and the economic, social and humanitarian impact, of the projects undertaken by (a) Engineers Without Borders UK (EWB-UK), (b) Engineers Without Borders International, Engineers Without Frontiers UK and Engineers Without...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made, including funding, aid, financial assistance and the economic, social and humanitarian impact, of the projects undertaken by (a) Engineers Without Borders UK (EWB-UK), (b) Engineers Without Borders International, Engineers Without Frontiers UK and Engineers Without...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the border dispute between Surinam and Guyana.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the border dispute between Surinam and Guyana.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people entered the UK from (a) Venezuela, (b) Suriname and (c) Bolivia in the latest year for which figures are available. - Including figure and ref to Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2002 Cm 6053 in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people entered the UK from (a) Venezuela, (b) Suriname and (c) Bolivia in the latest year for which figures are available. - Including figure and ref to Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2002 Cm 6053 in...

If he will include in the United Kingdom overseas aid programme provision for financial assistance to the Government of Suriname for the purpose of strengthening the Surinamese Forest Management Service.

If he will include in the United Kingdom overseas aid programme provision for financial assistance to the Government of Suriname for the purpose of strengthening the Surinamese Forest Management Service.

If he will make representations to the Government of Suriname concerning the rights of indigenous and maroon peoples to be consulted over land use divisions covering the areas in which they live.

If he will make representations to the Government of Suriname concerning the rights of indigenous and maroon peoples to be consulted over land use divisions covering the areas in which they live.

Statement on South Africa; Statement on Lesotho; Statement on the detention in Iraq of British citizens Ride & Wainwright; Statement on Surinam; Declaration on former Yugoslavia. EPC press releases. (deposited 30 March 1993).

Statement on South Africa; Statement on Lesotho; Statement on the detention in Iraq of British citizens Ride & Wainwright; Statement on Surinam; Declaration on former Yugoslavia. EPC press releases. (deposited 30 March 1993).